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« on: January 21, 2018, 09:12:46 AM »

Logan's Run.  The movie was very different than the book.  In fairness the book could not have been done faithfully at the time. 


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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 09:14:41 AM »

World War Z.
It's like someone saw the title of the book and said "Cool, let's make a movie!" without ever actually reading it.

MAN, I hated that movie!!
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2018, 09:18:03 AM »

World War Z.
It's like someone saw the title of the book and said "Cool, let's make a movie!" without ever actually reading it.

MAN, I hated that movie!!

Yeah tell me about it. I read the book too.  It could have made a great trilogy of movies.  The fall of much civilization in the first.  The establishment of the post zombie civilization in the second. The reclamation of America in the third.

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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2018, 09:41:12 AM »

The Hobbit.
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2018, 09:11:11 PM »

The Lawnmower Man (1992) - it began as a short story by Stephen King about a disturbing Bacchus-like gardener with an autonomous, carnivorous lawnmower.  The movie had Pierce Brosnan as an experimental neuroscientist who pumped mentally retarded gardener Jeff Fahey full of nootropic drugs and boosted his intelligence via virtual reality.  The sheers levels of wtfukery were off the charts.
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2018, 02:07:17 AM »

Von Ryan's Express: great book, horrible film.
The Eagle Has Landed: again, great book, horrible film.
The Shining: Yikes.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2018, 04:50:03 AM »

Von Ryan's Express: great book, horrible film.
The Eagle Has Landed: again, great book, horrible film.
The Shining: Yikes.

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Yeah that was so out of character for Kubrick.] He normally does the book right.
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2018, 09:37:38 AM »

The Hobbit.

All of PJ's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies are only loosely based on the books.
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2018, 11:08:55 AM »

The Bible  Wink
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2018, 12:11:20 PM »

The Hobbit.


All of PJ's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies are only loosely based on the books.
Even Gene Deitch's 10 minute version is more similar to the book than Peter Jackson's:

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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2018, 02:54:29 PM »

FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

Nothing like the book. The Monster is very articulate, kills Frankenstein's son, and is pursued all the way to the Artic.
Even Dr. Frankenstein's name is changed from Victor to Henry! There is no hunchbacked Fritz, no fancy electrical contrivances, and Victor even begins to create a mate for him.
Still-It's a fantastic film-and I can watch it over and over. The book-ugh. It's a chore.
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2018, 02:56:44 PM »


The Shining: Yikes.


I'd still rather watch Kubrick's film than watch the King approved mini-series. That was a wreck!
I loved King's book. I also loved Kubrick's movie. It's a classic.
If you ask me-most adaptions of King's books made awful movies! The few exceptions I think are CARRIE, MISERY, PET SEMETARY, the SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and STAND BY ME, Oh-and the one where the townsfolk are trapped in a grocery store surrounded by demons-I forget the name-brain fart-I like that one too.
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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2018, 03:06:39 PM »


The Shining: Yikes.


I'd still rather watch Kubrick's film than watch the King approved mini-series. That was a wreck!
I loved King's book. I also loved Kubrick's movie. It's a classic.
If you ask me-most adaptions of King's books made awful movies! The few exceptions I think are CARRIE, MISERY, PET SEMETARY, the SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and STAND BY ME.
Oh-and the one where the townsfolk are trapped in a grocery store surrounded by demons-I forget the name-brain fart-I like that one too.

The Mist?
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2018, 03:12:24 PM »


The Shining: Yikes.


I'd still rather watch Kubrick's film than watch the King approved mini-series. That was a wreck!
I loved King's book. I also loved Kubrick's movie. It's a classic.
If you ask me-most adaptions of King's books made awful movies! The few exceptions I think are CARRIE, MISERY, PET SEMETARY, the SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and STAND BY ME.
Oh-and the one where the townsfolk are trapped in a grocery store surrounded by demons-I forget the name-brain fart-I like that one too.

The Mist?

YES! and 1408 is good too.
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« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2018, 03:24:00 PM »

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